Charing Cross

Charing Cross is a junction in London, England where six routes meet. It was named for the medieval Eleanor cross monument (built by King Edward I of England to mark the resting sites for his wife Eleanor of Castile's funeral procession) that stood on the site from the 1290s until it was pulled down by Parliament in 1647 during the English Civil War. Since the early 19th century, Charing Cross has been the exact center of London from which distances from London are calculated.